Monday June 14, 2004 --

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Fort Smallwood Park -- ( $ 3.00 admission for seniors )
Anne Arundel County --

Fished from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Used two fishing rods, both baited with bloodworms.
Caught three small white perch.
Only two other people were fishing, they were too far away for me to see if they were catching anything.

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Friday May 28, 2004 --

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Cambridge Maryland --
Old Route 50 bridge over the Choptank River --

Fished from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Cloudy and comfortable day with temperatures in the upper 70's, strong breeze from the south.
1 White Perch @ 8 inches
1 Striped Bass @ 8 inches

There was a group of three people fishing about 50 yards away, one of them caught a catfish.
No other fisherman were on the bridge.

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Rocky Point Park --
Baltimore County --

Fished from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. during a high tide.
Warm and humid conditions, temperature about 80 degrees, light winds.
Caught 4 small White Perch in the 6-7 inch range, and two larger White Perch @ 9 inches.
Only one other person was fishing in the area, did not see anything else caught.

Saturday May 15, 2004
Armed Forces Day
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Thursday May 6, 2004 -- .......

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North Beach Pier

Fished from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tide was low and incoming. Temperature was in the upper 60's to low 70's while I was there, light breeze with winds from the southeast at about 5 knots. Targeted Croaker, using bloodworms for bait. There were only about three other people fishing at any one time, most did not stay long because nothing was being caught.

Did not hook or catch anything, and did not see anyone else catch anything.

One person I talked to said he was fishing on the pier for about 11 hours last Friday, and did not catch a thing.

Last year about this time there was nothing being caught, but the pier was always crowded. This year the town of North Beach raised prices to fish from the pier. This years rates are $5 for the first rod, and an additional $2 for the second rod. The increased rates might be keeping people away, especially until the fish start biting.

Thursday April 29, 2004 --

Rocky Point Park --
Baltimore County --

Fished from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. during a high tide.
Winds heavy (10-15 mph from the south).
Temperature only about 65 degrees.
Caught 7 small White Perch in the 5-8 inch range.
Only a few other people were fishing in the area, did not see anything else caught

Wednesday April 21, 2004 --

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Rocky Point Park --
Baltimore County --

Fished from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during a high tide.
Weather was mild, temperatures in the low 70's, winds light.
Used bloodworms for bait.
Caught 12 White Perch in the 7-8 inch range. Also caught a small Striped Bass @ 7 inches. All were released except for one perch which I tossed to an egret that waited patiently nearby for handouts.
Two other people were fishing in the area, saw one of them catch a Catfish about 12 inches long.

Monday April 19, 2004 --

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Aqualand Marina --
Route 301 at the Potomac River Bridge --

It is about a two hour drive from the Towson area.
This year there is a $ 3.75 charge for fishing from the shoreline at the marina.
A description of the conditions at the marina can be found on the 2001 FISHING NEWS - ARCHIVE page.

Arrived at about 11 a.m, the tide was low and incoming.
The winds were very light, out of the southwest.
Only one other person was there when I arrived, and he said he had not caught anything. He left soon after I arrived.
I was targeting Croaker, which usually show up in this area around the first of May.
Used two rods, each equipped with a bottom rig and #4 hooks, and baited with bloodworms.

Stayed until about 3 p.m., when the tide was about at it's peak.
Did not catch anything.

The winds did start to pick up later in the afternoon, making it somewhat difficult to cast.
[winds from any westerly direction blow straight toward the beach].

Two other people arrived about 2 p.m., they had not hooked anything by the time I packed up and left.

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Rocky Point Park --
Baltimore County --

Fished from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. during a low tide.
Weather was mild, temperatures in the mid 60's, winds light.
Used bloodworms for bait. Did not catch anything.
Two other people were fishing in the area, did not see anything else caught.

Thursday March 4, 2004 --

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Grays Run --
Harford County --
Route 40 between Edgewood and Aberdeen

Heard that the Yellow Perch had arrived for their annual spawning run, and that the previous Sunday (February 29th) fisherman were elbow-to-elbow along the bank catching loads of large females.

Fished from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.
Used live minnows for bait, hooked to a shad dart.
Hooked a float to the line about 2 feet above the bait.
Did not catch anything.
Only a few other people were fishing, but did not see anything caught.
The spawning run must be over, just missed it by a couple days.
Timing is everthing !!!

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Sunday January 18, 2004 --
Monday January 19, 2004 --
Wednesday January 21, 2004 --

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Daytona Beach, Florida --
Sunglow Fishing Pier --

Sunday --
Steady rain in the morning, so waited until the afternoon to go out on the pier.
Temperature was in the low 70's, winds out of the southwest at about 10 knots.
Did not catch anything. Used two rods, one baited with fresh shrimp and the other with cut up spot.
There were about 20 other people fishing, saw about 10 Whiting (in the 12" range) caught.
Also saw one fish caught that looked like an Angelfish, the kind you see in tropical fish tanks, but this one was about 10 times larger.

Monday --
Fished from about 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., when it started raining.
Cloudy day, and really windy at first, making for uncomfortable conditions on the pier. However, temperature finally reached the upper 60's before the rain started.
Did not catch anything.
Saw two Black Drum (16-17 inches) caught, and one Red Drum (a.k.a. Redfish) at 25 inches caught.
No one hooked any Whiting.
One man was targeting sharks and was using a hook the size of your fist and a huge chunk of fish for bait (like you see in the shark week TV episodes). He used balloons to let the wind and tide carry the bait a lot farther from the pier than anyone could possibly cast. He said he has done well from this pier, but did not hook up with anything this day. Also, he said that this is one of the few piers on the east coast of Florida where shark fishing is allowed.
Also had a Pelican get tangled in my line. Two of the locals helped get it untangled. After I reeled it in to the pier, they used a pier net to haul it up onto the pier, then one man held it's beak closed while the other man untangled the line. When they released the Pelican it flew away none the worse for wear.

Wednesday --
Fished from about 9 a.m to 3 p.m.
Cold and very windy conditions, temperature only reached about 65 degrees by afternoon.
Did not catch anything.
Saw only about a dozen Whiting caught the whole day.

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